he was sentenced to four years for tax fraud. berlusconi told cnn the verdict was a "unacceptable political sentence." he is expected to appeal, by the way. >>> hurricane sandy slowly moving toward the eastern seaboard and making her presence known. rough seas starting to build along the carolina coast. our george howell is there on the scene. a little closer to the water this time. you're getting brave, george. >> yeah. you know, keeping an eye on what's happening out here. obviously the storm surge is a concern out here. also when you think back to what happened with irene, there was concern about flooding on the sound side here of the outer banks, so, you know, this area is prone to flooding. that's something that everyone's keeping a close eye on. also the winds out here are picking up. they've been right around ten to 25 miles per hour off and on. the rain off and on. but the situation out here will deteriorate as the day goes on. this area remains under a flash flood watch and a tropical storm warning. so people are taking